Hills

Prayers were offered on the tops of high hills, and temples
built on “high places,” from the notion that the gods, could better
hear prayers on such places, as they were nearer heaven. As Lucian
says, And Tacitus says, “maxime coelo appropinquare, precesque
mortalium a Deo nusquam propius audire.” It will be remembered that
Balak (Numbers xxiii. xxiv.) took Balaam to the top of Peor and other
high places when Balaam wished to consult God. We often read of “idols
on every high hill.” (Ezek. vi. 13.)